WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - APRIL 04: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event at Mar-a-Lago April 4, 2023 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Earlier in the day, Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts stemming from hush money payments in 2016 to two women, becoming the first former U.S. president in history to be charged with a criminal offense. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
On Tuesday, Special Counsel Jack Smith filed an indictment against Donald Trump for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The former president immediately took to Truth Social to plead with his MAGA supporters.
In a manic post, Trump condemned President Joe Biden, Smith and the entire Justice Department for conducting “endless witch hunts” against him. He asked voters to continue donating to his PAC — which has been diverting campaign money to pay his mounting legal fees — so that he could avoid a lengthy prison sentence.
“If you can contribute even just $1, God knows how much our country needs patriots like YOU at this pivotal moment in history,” he wrote. “Please make a contribution of any amount — truly, even just $1 — to show that our movement will NEVER SURRENDER our country to the Left’s tyranny even as Crooked Joe and his Deep State thugs try to JAIL me for 561 years.”
This is not the first time that the former president has used his legal woes to boost his standing in the 2024 presidential election. His entire campaign has been intertwined with the three indictments that he is currently facing, a tactic that appears to be working.
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